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<blockquote data-quote="MTBSully" data-source="post: 14834507" data-attributes="member: 92134"><p>Time for an update. After 5 weeks my turbo finally showed up on Friday. Was waiting for that before I ran any of my cooling lines, but I did manage to get a bunch of other stuff done while I was waiting the past few weeks.</p><p></p><p>Got the hat back in the tank</p><p>[ATTACH=full]640505[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Ported my stock throttle body. Came out pretty good I think, and killed a few hours on a wednesday night.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]640506[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]640507[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]640508[/ATTACH]</p><p>Before/After</p><p>[ATTACH=full]640509[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Realized my DW injectors have a jetronic connector, so I had to buy some adapters from AM. Jetronic to USCAR. Plug and play.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]640510[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]640511[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]640512[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Had to grind this tab on the head down for the injector to fit. Boy was it nerve racking getting my angle grinder so close to my precious valve covers</p><p>[ATTACH=full]640513[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Injectors installed on the rail</p><p>[ATTACH=full]640514[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]640515[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Drilled and tapped the plug at the rail to utilize the mechnical fuel pressure gauge that used to be on my divisionX regulator. Still need to find a spot for the sender for my electric gauge</p><p>[ATTACH=full]640516[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Tab ground down</p><p>[ATTACH=full]640517[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Rails in</p><p>[ATTACH=full]640518[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Intake hat back on a torqued down</p><p>[ATTACH=full]640519[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Swapped out the Borla Stinger mufflers for some Dynomax race bullets. Hated how the stingers sounded with the turbo. We will see how these do, If i don't like it im straight piping it haha</p><p>[ATTACH=full]640520[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Gave them a quick coat of mothers polish for the upcoming season!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]640521[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Also got my custom mooch side skirts installed</p><p>[ATTACH=full]640522[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Ran all the fuel lines. Feed and return both followed the stock lines on the passengers side of the car. -8 PTFE feed and return. My first time using PTFE line and fittings, I think they are easier to make than regular AN line. Fore 10 micron filter with stainless steel mesh.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]640523[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]640524[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]640525[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]640526[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]640527[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Regulator mounted on the passengers side bumper bracket. Mounted upside down so I can adjust fuel pressure without removing the fender liner if need be! Shame this baby is hidden!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]640528[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Feed lines to the rails come up through the fender line the stock ones do and enter the back of the rails</p><p>[ATTACH=full]640529[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Throttle body back on with a new gasket</p><p>[ATTACH=full]640530[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>On3 Coolant crossover lines made and installed. Barely was able to squeeze my FRPS on the end of the rail</p><p>[ATTACH=full]640531[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]640532[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]640533[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]640534[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Tested the e85 at the local station. Looks to be between e80 and e85! Same price as 87 octane too!</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]640535[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]640536[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Loaded up the startup tune from Pete at performance dyno</p><p>[ATTACH=full]640537[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Finally, my Comp Turbo 7675 Triplex Ball bearing billet wheel turbo arrived! Thing is pretty compact and very light. Billet compressor wheel and billet center section look great!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]640538[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]640539[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]640540[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]640541[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Nothing like drilling into your brand new turbo haha. Drilling and tapping for the wastegate boost reference.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]640542[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]640543[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Turbo mock up</p><p>[ATTACH=full]640544[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>And the first hiccup. The way the turbo has to be clocked for my application, with the center cartrige verticle, the drain runs right into the t4 flange. Seems like a bad design to me, but what can you do.</p><p></p><p>This was the best I could do before the drain ran into the t4 flange,</p><p>[ATTACH=full]640545[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]640546[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]640547[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]640548[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>My plan for now is to run this fitting, and hope that the thin section of tube at the 45 degree bend allows me to clear the flange and keep the cartridge vertical. Fingers crossed, otherwise the angle grinder is coming back out. Fitting should be here tomorrow. Everything else is done. Hoping this fitting solves my problem and I can fire it up. Everything else is done and ready.</p><p><img src="http://static.summitracing.com/global/images/prod/xlarge/SUM-240111_xl.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MTBSully, post: 14834507, member: 92134"] Time for an update. After 5 weeks my turbo finally showed up on Friday. Was waiting for that before I ran any of my cooling lines, but I did manage to get a bunch of other stuff done while I was waiting the past few weeks. Got the hat back in the tank [ATTACH=full]640505[/ATTACH] Ported my stock throttle body. Came out pretty good I think, and killed a few hours on a wednesday night. [ATTACH=full]640506[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]640507[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]640508[/ATTACH] Before/After [ATTACH=full]640509[/ATTACH] Realized my DW injectors have a jetronic connector, so I had to buy some adapters from AM. Jetronic to USCAR. Plug and play. [ATTACH=full]640510[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]640511[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]640512[/ATTACH] Had to grind this tab on the head down for the injector to fit. Boy was it nerve racking getting my angle grinder so close to my precious valve covers [ATTACH=full]640513[/ATTACH] Injectors installed on the rail [ATTACH=full]640514[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]640515[/ATTACH] Drilled and tapped the plug at the rail to utilize the mechnical fuel pressure gauge that used to be on my divisionX regulator. Still need to find a spot for the sender for my electric gauge [ATTACH=full]640516[/ATTACH] Tab ground down [ATTACH=full]640517[/ATTACH] Rails in [ATTACH=full]640518[/ATTACH] Intake hat back on a torqued down [ATTACH=full]640519[/ATTACH] Swapped out the Borla Stinger mufflers for some Dynomax race bullets. Hated how the stingers sounded with the turbo. We will see how these do, If i don't like it im straight piping it haha [ATTACH=full]640520[/ATTACH] Gave them a quick coat of mothers polish for the upcoming season! [ATTACH=full]640521[/ATTACH] Also got my custom mooch side skirts installed [ATTACH=full]640522[/ATTACH] Ran all the fuel lines. Feed and return both followed the stock lines on the passengers side of the car. -8 PTFE feed and return. My first time using PTFE line and fittings, I think they are easier to make than regular AN line. Fore 10 micron filter with stainless steel mesh. [ATTACH=full]640523[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]640524[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]640525[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]640526[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]640527[/ATTACH] Regulator mounted on the passengers side bumper bracket. Mounted upside down so I can adjust fuel pressure without removing the fender liner if need be! Shame this baby is hidden! [ATTACH=full]640528[/ATTACH] Feed lines to the rails come up through the fender line the stock ones do and enter the back of the rails [ATTACH=full]640529[/ATTACH] Throttle body back on with a new gasket [ATTACH=full]640530[/ATTACH] On3 Coolant crossover lines made and installed. Barely was able to squeeze my FRPS on the end of the rail [ATTACH=full]640531[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]640532[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]640533[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]640534[/ATTACH] Tested the e85 at the local station. Looks to be between e80 and e85! Same price as 87 octane too! [ATTACH=full]640535[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]640536[/ATTACH] Loaded up the startup tune from Pete at performance dyno [ATTACH=full]640537[/ATTACH] Finally, my Comp Turbo 7675 Triplex Ball bearing billet wheel turbo arrived! Thing is pretty compact and very light. Billet compressor wheel and billet center section look great! [ATTACH=full]640538[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]640539[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]640540[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]640541[/ATTACH] Nothing like drilling into your brand new turbo haha. Drilling and tapping for the wastegate boost reference. [ATTACH=full]640542[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]640543[/ATTACH] Turbo mock up [ATTACH=full]640544[/ATTACH] And the first hiccup. The way the turbo has to be clocked for my application, with the center cartrige verticle, the drain runs right into the t4 flange. Seems like a bad design to me, but what can you do. This was the best I could do before the drain ran into the t4 flange, [ATTACH=full]640545[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]640546[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]640547[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]640548[/ATTACH] My plan for now is to run this fitting, and hope that the thin section of tube at the 45 degree bend allows me to clear the flange and keep the cartridge vertical. Fingers crossed, otherwise the angle grinder is coming back out. Fitting should be here tomorrow. Everything else is done. Hoping this fitting solves my problem and I can fire it up. Everything else is done and ready. [IMG]http://static.summitracing.com/global/images/prod/xlarge/SUM-240111_xl.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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